Method for performing dynamic impedance matching and a communication apparatus thereof

ABSTRACT

Method for performing dynamic impedance matching and communication apparatus thereof are provided. With respect to an operating band of an impedance matching circuit of a communication device, a first number of times of tuning are performed on a first element of an impedance matching circuit, and a second number of times of tuning are performed on a second element of the impedance matching circuit, wherein the first number is different from the second number.

This application is a divisional application of co-pending U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 13/334,991, filed Dec. 22, 2011, the contents ofwhich are incorporated herein by reference. This application claims thebenefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 100111661, filed Apr. 1, 2011,the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The disclosure relates in general to a method for impedance matching anda communication apparatus thereof, and more particularly to a method forperforming dynamic impedance matching and a communication apparatusthereof.

2. Description of the Related Art

For a communication device, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, ane-book, a tablet PC or other wireless communication apparatuses, thequality of communication may be affected when the user applies thedevice in different environments or by the manner the user holds or isclose to it. To the worse, problems such as poor reception quality, weaksignal, and missed calls might even arise. As an example, the customersdiscovered the problem of poor reception of a smart phone available inthe market after purchase, due to the signal shielding effect whichmight occur when the smart phone is placed too close to the user's faceor is grabbed tightly. The manufacturer of the smart phone then has toprovide a protection case for the customers as a remedy for reducing theproblem of poor reception.

Consequently, the user will end up with unpleasant experience with thecommunication device.

SUMMARY

The disclosure is directed to a method for performing dynamic impedancematching and a communication apparatus thereof. The communicationapparatus can perform dynamic impedance matching to compensate for theeffect of impedance matching, which occurs under a certain environmentor when the apparatus is held by or close to a user, so as to maintainthe quality of communication.

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method for performingdynamic impedance matching is provided. With respect to an impedancematching circuit of a communication apparatus, a first number of timesof tuning are performed on a first element of an impedance matchingcircuit, and a second number of times of tuning are performed on asecond element of the impedance matching circuit, wherein the firstnumber is different from the second number.

An embodiment of the aspect of the disclosure is provided below. Animpedance matching circuit of a communication apparatus is switched toan operating band. A first number of tuning voltages are applied on afirst element of the impedance matching circuit, and one tuning voltageis selected from a first number of tuning voltages and used as anoperating voltage of the first element. A second number of tuningvoltages are applied on a second element of the impedance matchingcircuit, and one tuning voltage is selected from a second number oftuning voltages and used as an operating voltage of the second element,wherein the first number is different from the second number.

An alternative embodiment of the aspect of the disclosure is provided.An impedance matching circuit of a communication apparatus is switchedto an operating band. A first control signal is outputted to a firstcontrol terminal of the impedance matching circuit for performing afirst number of times of setting on a first parameter of the firstcontrol signal and selecting one setting value from a first number ofsetting values of the first parameter to generate an operating signalfor the first control terminal. A second control signal is outputted toa second control terminal of the impedance matching circuit forperforming a second number of times of setting on a second parameter ofthe second control signal and selecting one setting value from a secondnumber of setting values of the second parameter to generate anoperating signal for the second control terminal, wherein the firstnumber is different from the second number.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, a communication apparatusis provided. The communication apparatus comprises an antenna, animpedance matching circuit, a detection circuit, and a control unit. Theimpedance matching circuit is coupled to the antenna and has a pluralityof control terminals for controlling the impedance of the impedancematching circuit. The detection circuit is coupled to the impedancematching circuit and used for generating a feedback signal. The controlunit switches the impedance matching circuit to an operating band andoutputs a first control signal to a first control terminal of thecontrol terminals for performing a first number of times of setting on afirst parameter of the first control signal and selecting one settingvalue from a first number of setting values of the first parameter togenerate an operating signal for the first control terminal. The controlunit outputs a second control signal to a second control terminal of thecontrol terminals for performing a second number of times of setting ona second parameter of the second control signal and selecting onesetting value from a second number of setting values of the secondparameter to generate an operating signal for the second controlterminal. The first number is different from the second number.

The above and other aspects of the disclosure will become betterunderstood with regard to the following detailed description of thenon-limiting embodiment(s). The following description is made withreference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a communicationapparatus for performing dynamic impedance matching.

FIG. 2A shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for performingdynamic impedance matching.

FIG. 2B shows a flowchart of another embodiment of a method forperforming dynamic impedance matching.

FIGS. 3A-3C are flowcharts of other embodiments of a method forperforming dynamic impedance matching.

FIGS. 4A-4C are embodiments of waveforms of a control signal for tuningin an embodiment of a method for performing dynamic impedance matching.

FIGS. 5A-5C are circuit diagrams of embodiments for a matching circuitof the adjustable elements of an impedance matching circuit forperforming dynamic impedance matching.

FIGS. 6-8 are block diagrams of alternative embodiments of acommunication apparatus for performing dynamic impedance matching.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of a method for performing dynamic impedance matching and acommunication apparatus thereof are provided. FIG. 1 shows a blockdiagram of an embodiment of a communication apparatus for performingdynamic impedance matching. In FIG. 1, the communication apparatus 10can be implemented as such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, an e-book,a tablet PC or other apparatus with wireless communication. Thecommunication apparatus 10 comprises an antenna ANT, an impedancematching circuit 110, a detection circuit 120, and a control unit 130.The antenna ANT is used for receiving or sending a signal. The impedancematching circuit 110 is coupled to the antenna ANT and has a pluralityof control terminals P1, P2 . . . PK for controlling the impedance ofthe impedance matching circuit 110, so that the impedance matchingcircuit 110 can achieve impedance matching with the antenna ANT. Fromanother point of view, the impedance matching circuit 110 can alsoinclude adjustable elements realized by a circuit including such asadjustable capacitors, adjustable inductors or adjustable resistors, oradjustable elements, as indicated in any embodiment of FIGS. 5A-5C. Theimpedance matching circuit 110 may further include unadjustableimpedance elements. In FIGS. 5A-5C, the designation RF indicates beingconnected to another radio frequency circuit, and the designation ANTindicates being coupled to an antenna. The detection circuit 120 iscoupled to the impedance matching circuit 110 and used for generating afeedback signal SR. For example, the detection circuit 120 detects thereflection of signal, and converts the reflected signal into a feedbacksignal SR according to the intensity of the reflected signal. Forexample, the intensity of the reflection of signal is denoted by avoltage value. The feedback signal SR can be used for tuning impedancematching. The control unit 130 outputs control signals SC1-SCK to thecontrol terminals P1-PK for controlling the impedance of the impedancematching circuit 110 to achieve impedance matching, wherein K is aninteger greater than 1.

Based on an embodiment of the closed-loop tunable circuit structure(denoted by dotted lines) of FIG. 1, the communication apparatus 10 canbe implemented as different communication apparatus as mentioned above.In practical application, the communication apparatus 10 can further becombined with other circuits or elements such as the radio frequencytransceiver 140 and the baseband signal processing unit 150 exemplifiedin FIG. 1. Thus, the implementation of the circuit of the communicationapparatus for performing dynamic impedance matching is not limited tothe implementation in FIG. 1.

The communication apparatus 10 of the present embodiment can performdynamic impedance matching. Referring to FIG. 2A, a flowchart of anembodiment of a method for performing dynamic impedance matching isshown. The method is applicable to the communication apparatus 10 forperforming dynamic impedance matching.

In FIG. 2A, the method performs dynamic impedance matching on animpedance matching circuit (such as the impedance matching circuit 110)of a communication apparatus (such as the communication apparatus 10) inan operating band. The method includes the following steps. In step S20,a first number of times of tuning are performed on a first element ofthe impedance matching circuit (such as the element Z3 of FIG. 5B).Next, in step S40, a second number of times of tuning are performed on asecond element (such as the elements Z1 and Z2 of FIG. 5B) of theimpedance matching circuit, wherein the first number is different fromthe second number. For example, 3 times and 2 times of tuning arerespectively performed on the elements Z1 and Z2.

With respect to a certain operating band, the adjustable elements (suchas the elements Z1, Z2 and Z3 of the impedance matching network of FIG.5B) of the impedance matching circuit can be divided into at least twocategories. Steps S20 and S40 are to perform different numbers of timesof tuning for achieving impedance matching on the at least twocategories of elements respectively. In some embodiments, step S40 canbe performed for at least one or a number of times for sequentiallytuning other adjustable elements that can be regarded as second elementsof the impedance matching circuit.

In some embodiments, the categorization of the adjustable elements ofthe impedance matching circuit can be based on the sensitivity of theadjustable elements with respect to the impedance matching in a certainoperating band. For example, in step S20, the first element is thesensitive element with respect to the operating band, and in step S40,the second element is the sub-sensitive element with respect to theoperating band. In other words, with respect to the operating band, thesensitivity of the first element is higher than the sensitivity of thesecond element. Since the first element has higher sensitivity withrespect to the operating band, a first number of times of tuning areperformed on the first element in step S20, and the first number oftimes of tuning are greater than the number of times of tuning performedon the second element as in step S40, that is, the second number oftimes. In other words, more times of tuning (such as 3, 5 or 10 times oftuning) are performed on the element with higher sensitivity which hasgreater influence on the effect of impedance matching, so that theresulted impedance matching is more accurate; relatively fewer times oftuning (such as 2 or 4 times of tuning) are performed on the elementwith lower sensitivity (that is, the sub-sensitive element) which haslesser influence on the effect of impedance matching or requires lowerlevel of accuracy. In this manner, the above embodiments of thecommunication apparatus help to compensate for the effect on impedancematching in different situations to improve the quality ofcommunication, such as the communication apparatus being exposed indifferent environments, or being held by a user in a different manner,or different parts of the body of the communication apparatus havingrelative movement (exemplarily but not restrictively, the slide casingor the physical QWERT keyboard).

In some embodiments, with respect to a certain operating band such asHSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz and GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (frequency bandsof a mobile communication network), a first number of times of tuningare performed on the first element with greater sensitivity according tothe information of a frequency band and the information of thesensitivity of the adjustable elements of the impedance matching circuitwith respect to the frequency band.

In an example of L-type matching network as shown in FIG. 5A, thesensitivity of the element Z1 is greater than the sensitivity of theelement Z2 with respect to a certain frequency band such as GSM 1800.For the example, a first number of times of tuning are performed on theelement Z1 in step S20 first, and then a second number of times oftuning are performed on the element Z2 in step S40 subsequently. In anexample of the T-type matching network of FIG. 5B, the sensitivity ofthe element Z3 is greater than the sensitivity of the elements Z1 and Z2with respect to a certain frequency band such as WCDMA: 2100. For theexample, a first number of times of tuning are performed on the elementZ3 (that is, the first element) in step S20 first, and thencorresponding numbers of times of tuning are respectively performed onthe elements Z1 and Z2 (that is, the second element) in step S40subsequently. In an example of the π-type matching network of FIG. 5C,the sensitivity of the element Z2 is greater than the sensitivity ofother elements with respect to a certain frequency band (such as a lowfrequency band). With respect to another frequency band (such as a highfrequency band), the sensitivity of the element Z4 is greater than thesensitivity of other elements. For the example, if the communicationapparatus 10 operates in the low frequency band, the communicationapparatus 10 performs a first number of times of tuning on the elementZ2 (that is, the first element) in step S20 first. If the communicationapparatus 10 operates in the high frequency band, the communicationapparatus 10 performs a corresponding first number of times of tuning onthe element Z4 in step S20, wherein the first number corresponding tothe element Z4 can be different from the first number corresponding tothe element Z2. When the communication apparatus 10 performs step S40,the procedures can be obtained by analogy. That is, with respect to aspecific frequency band in which the communication apparatus 10operates, corresponding numbers of times of tuning are respectivelyperformed on the other elements (that is, multiple elements are regardedas second elements).

The above information of the operating band and information of thesensitivity of the adjustable elements of the impedance matching circuitwith respect to a specific operating band can be obtained throughexperiments and can be recorded in the communication apparatus 10. Forexample, with respect to a certain low frequency band and a certain highfrequency band of the π-type matching network of FIG. 5C, the influenceon signal intensity when tuning is performed on the adjustable elementscan be obtained through experiments or computer simulation, and theobtained data are illustrated in Table 1, wherein elements Z1-Z4respectively denotes adjustable elements L1, C1, L2 and C2:

TABLE 1 Element L1 Element C1 Element L2 Element C2 Low   3 dB 4 dB   1dB   1 dB Frequency Band High 0.5 dB 1 dB 2.5 dB 3.5 dB Frequency Band

Which element of the impedance matching circuit is the sensitive elementwith respect to one of the frequency bands can be obtained from theabove data, and the greater the value in the data, the higher thesensitivity of the element with respect to the frequency band. Forexample, with respect to frequency bands (such as HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100MHz or GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) for a mobile communication network,the information or relationship of the frequency bands and the sensitiveelements can be obtained respectively.

In some embodiments, the communication apparatus 10 can implement theembodiment of the method for performing dynamic impedance matching ofFIG. 2A according to the information or relationship of the frequencybands and the sensitive element. Other embodiments based on FIG. 2A mayinclude the following steps. Referring to FIG. 2B, as indicated in stepS10, it is determined that tuning starts with a first element (such asthe element Z3 of FIG. 5B) according to the information of an operatingband and the information of the sensitivity of the adjustable elementswith respect to the frequency band. That is, in FIG. 2A, step S20 comesbefore step S40. In some embodiments, step S40 can be performedsubsequently for at least one time to sequentially perform tuning onother adjustable element of the impedance matching circuit that areregarded as a second element. In some examples, with respect to theoperating band, step S30 realizes the step of tuning of a second elementof (such as elements Z1 and Z2 of FIG. 5B) of the other adjustableelements according to the above information or other adjustableelements.

According to the above embodiment of FIG. 2A, the control unit 130 ofthe communication apparatus 10 can be used for implementing embodimentsof dynamic impedance matching.

The step S20 or S40 of performing a certain number of times of tuning onan adjustable element (such as element Z3 of FIG. 5B) of the impedancematching circuit can be implemented in many different ways. Referring toFIG. 3A, a flowchart of an alternative embodiment of a method forperforming dynamic impedance matching is shown. The method includes thefollowing steps. In step S110, an impedance matching circuit of acommunication apparatus is switched to an operating band. In step S120,a first number of tuning voltages are applied to a first element of theimpedance matching circuit, and one tuning voltage is selected from afirst number of tuning voltages and used as an operating voltage for thefirst voltage control element. In step S140, a second number of tuningvoltages are applied to a second element of the impedance matchingcircuit, and one tuning voltage is selected from a second number oftuning voltages and used as an operating voltage for the second voltagecontrol element, wherein the first number is different from the secondnumber. The steps S120 and S140 of the present embodiment of thedisclosure can respectively be regarded as an implementation of thesteps S20 and S40 of the embodiment of FIG. 2A or 2B, and areparticularly suitable for the embodiments in which the adjustableelements are voltage control elements. In the embodiment of FIG. 4A,several tuning voltages are applied to an adjustable element within afixed time interval or at a frequency sequentially, and one tuningvoltages is selected from the tuning voltages and used as an operatingvoltage. In other embodiments, a corresponding feedback signal can beobtained from the impedance matching circuit sequentially in response toeach of the first number (or second number) of tuning voltages so thatthe feedback signal is used for tuning the impedance matching.

The impedance matching circuit 110 of FIG. 1, which can be implementedas an integrated circuit or a portion of an integrated circuit, has aplurality of control terminals P1, P2 . . . PK, for controlling theimpedance of the impedance matching circuit 110. Thus, the control unit130 can output control signals SC1-SCK to the control terminals forcontrolling the impedance of the impedance matching circuit 110 toachieve impedance matching.

Referring to FIG. 3B, a flowchart of an alternative embodiment of amethod for performing dynamic impedance matching is shown is shown. Themethod includes the following steps. In step S110, an impedance matchingcircuit of a communication apparatus is switched to an operating band.In step S220, a first control signal is outputted to a first controlterminal (such as P1) of the impedance matching circuit (such as 110)for performing a first number of times of setting on a first parameterof the first control signal (such as SC1) and selecting one settingvalue from a first number of setting values of the first parameter togenerate an operating signal for the first control terminal. In stepS240, a second control signal (such as SC2, SC3 and so on) is outputtedto a second control terminal of the impedance matching circuit (such asP2, P3 and so on) for performing a second number of times of setting ona second parameter of the second control signal and selecting onesetting value from a second number of setting values of the secondparameter to generate an operating signal for the second controlterminal, wherein the first number is different from the second number.The steps S220 and S240 of the present embodiment can respectively beregarded as an implementation of the steps S20 and S40 of the embodimentof FIG. 2A or 2B. Such implementation is applicable to the situation inwhich the impedance matching circuit controls the adjustable elementwith a parameter of the control signal. The first and the secondparameters are such as the amplitude, the current, the phase difference,the frequency, the values or other parameters of the control signal.Besides, whether the first and the second parameters are the same ordifferent type of parameters depends on the impedance matching circuitimplementation.

The adjustable elements of the impedance matching circuit may be unknownto the designer. Therefore, in implementation based on the communicationapparatus 10 of FIG. 1 and the method of FIG. 3A, multiple times oftuning can be achieved if the control unit 130 outputs a suitablecontrol signal and the parameter of the control signal is setappropriately. For example, if the impedance matching circuit 110 adoptsvoltage control, then the parameter (that is, the voltage value) of thecontrol signal can correspondingly tune the impedance of the adjustableelements of the impedance matching circuit. With the range and the timesof setting of a certain parameter of the control signal, a number oftimes of tuning can be performed on the impedance of the adjustableelements. FIGS. 4A-4C are an embodiment of using a control signal as atuning waveform in an embodiment of a method for performing dynamicimpedance matching, wherein the tuning is performed one time when thelevel of the control signal is set. In addition, the impedance matchingcircuit, for example, has three control terminals corresponding to threeadjustable elements of FIG. 5B. For example, the elements Z1-Z3respectively denote the adjustable capacitors C1, C2 and C3, whereineach adjustable capacitor respective has a range of adjustment. Forexample, the ranges of adjustment for the adjustable capacitors C1, C2and C3 are 2.7˜8.2 pF, 0.8˜2.2 pF, and 0.9˜2.7 pF respectively.

Each of a number of control terminals can control a corresponding one ofthe adjustable elements, such as those illustrated in FIGS. 5A-5C. Insome embodiments, the communication apparatus 10 can implementembodiments based on the method for performing dynamic impedancematching of FIGS. 2B and 3B. FIG. 3C shows a flowchart of an alternativeembodiment of a method for performing dynamic impedance matching. Instep S210, it is determined that tuning starts with a first controlterminal of the control terminals of the impedance matching circuitaccording to information of an operating band and information of thesensitivity of the adjustable element with respect to operating band.That is, the step S220 of FIG. 3B comes before step S240. In someembodiments, the step S240 is performed subsequently for at least onetime for tuning other adjustable element of the impedance matchingcircuit that can be regarded as a second element. In some examples, suchas in step S230, it is determined that tuning with at least a secondcontrol terminal of the control terminals of the impedance matchingcircuit with respect to the operating band. That is, it is determinedthat at least a second element (such as the elements Z1 and Z2 of FIG.5B) of the other adjustable elements is tuned, according to the aboveinformation with respect to the operating band, or from the otheradjustable elements. In other embodiments, a corresponding feedbacksignal can be obtained from the impedance matching circuit sequentiallyin response to each of the first number (or second number) of settingvalues so that the feedback signals are used for tuning the impedancematching.

According to the above disclosure of FIGS. 3A-3C, the control unit 130of the communication apparatus 10 can also be used for implementingdifferent embodiments of performing dynamic impedance matching.

Other embodiments of the communication apparatus for performing dynamicimpedance matching are further disclosed below.

FIG. 6 shows an alternative embodiment of a communication apparatus forperforming dynamic impedance matching. In FIG. 6, the communicationapparatus 60 includes an antenna ANT, an impedance matching circuit 110,a detection circuit 620, a radio frequency transceiver 140, and abaseband signal processing unit 650. FIG. 6 is similar to FIG. 1 inthat: one terminal of the detection circuit 120 or 620 is coupledbetween the antenna ANT and the impedance matching circuit 110. Thecommunication apparatus 60 is different from the communication apparatus10 in that: the baseband signal processing unit 650 of the communicationapparatus 60 outputs control signals SC1-SCK for controlling theimpedance matching circuit 110, and the other terminal of the detectioncircuit 620 of the communication apparatus 60 is coupled to the basebandsignal processing unit 650. The present embodiment can be regarded asintegrating the function or circuit the control unit 130 of thecommunication apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 into the baseband signal processingunit 150.

FIG. 7 shows an alternative embodiment of a communication apparatus forperforming dynamic impedance matching. In FIG. 7, the communicationapparatus 70 includes an antenna ANT, an impedance matching circuit 110,a detection circuit 720, a control unit 130, a radio frequencytransceiver 140, and a baseband signal processing unit 150. Thecommunication apparatus 70 of FIG. 7 is different from the communicationapparatus 10 of FIG. 1 in that: one terminal of the detection circuit720 of the communication apparatus 70 is coupled between the radiofrequency transceiver 140 and the impedance matching circuit 110, sothat the detection circuit 720 detects the reflection of signal andgenerates a feedback signal SR accordingly. Other elements remain thesame, and the similarities are not repeated for the sake of brevity.

FIG. 8 shows an alternative embodiment of a communication apparatus forperforming dynamic impedance matching. In FIG. 8, the communicationapparatus 80 includes an antenna ANT, an impedance matching circuit 110,a detection circuit 820, a radio frequency transceiver 140, and abaseband signal processing unit 650. FIG. 8 is similar to FIG. 7 inthat: one terminal of the detection circuit 820 or 720 is coupledbetween the radio frequency transceiver 140 and the impedance matchingcircuit 110, so that the detection circuit 820 or 720 detects thereflection of signal and generates a feedback signal SR accordingly. Thecommunication apparatus 80 is different from the communication apparatus70 in that: the baseband signal processing unit 650 of the communicationapparatus 80 outputs control signals SC1-SCK for controlling theimpedance matching circuit 110, and the other terminal of the detectioncircuit 820 of the communication apparatus 80 is coupled to the basebandsignal processing unit 650 for outputting the feedback signal SR. Thepresent embodiment can be regarded as integrating the function orcircuit the control unit 130 of the communication apparatus 70 of FIG. 7into the baseband signal processing unit 150.

In some embodiments of FIGS. 2A-2B or 3A-3C and the embodiment of FIG. 1or FIG. 7, the control unit 130 and the baseband signal processing unit150 are coupled for obtaining the information of an operating band. Inother embodiments, the information of an operating band can be built inthe control unit 130 or read from other circuits such as a memory.

The control unit 130 or the baseband signal processing unit 150 or 650disclosed above can be implemented by a processor, a digital signalprocessor or a programmable integrated circuit, such asmicro-controller, field programmable gate array (FPGA) or applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC).

In the above embodiments, the sensitive element is exemplified by thefirst element but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In step S20,S120 or S220 of other embodiments, the first element can be defined asan element with the sensitivity with respect to an operating which islower than the sensitivity of the second element with respect to theoperating band. Thus, the first number of times (or the first number)can be set to be smaller than the second number of times (or the secondnumber). That is, in step S20, S120 or S220 of these embodiments, tuningis performed on the adjustable element with lower sensitivity first.Next, in step S40, S140 or S240, tuning is performed on the adjustableelement with higher sensitivity subsequently.

The embodiments of a method for performing dynamic impedance matchingand a communication apparatus thereof are disclosed above. Impedancemismatching may occur when the communication apparatus is exposed indifferent environments or a user holds the communication apparatus in adifferent manner or different parts of the body of the communicationapparatus generate relative movement. According to the aboveembodiments, the communication apparatus can dynamically compensate forthe influence of different situations of usage on impedance matching, soas to improve the quality of communication. In some embodiments, tuningis performed on adjustable element with higher sensitivity first, sothat the speed of dynamic impedance matching is increased.

While the disclosure has been described by way of example and in termsof the exemplary embodiment(s), it is to be understood that thedisclosure is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended tocover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, andthe scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded thebroadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications andsimilar arrangements and procedures.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for performing dynamic impedancematching, comprising: switching an impedance matching circuit of acommunication apparatus to an operating band; applying a first number oftuning voltages to a first element of the impedance matching circuit andselecting one tuning voltage from the first number of tuning voltages asan operating voltage of the first element; and applying a second numberof tuning voltages to a second element of the impedance matching circuitand selecting one tuning voltage from the second number of tuningvoltages as an operating voltage of the second element, wherein thefirst number is different from the second number.
 2. The method forperforming dynamic impedance matching according to claim 1, wherein thefirst number is greater than the second number, the first element is asensitive element with respect to the operating band, and the secondelement is a sub-sensitive element with respect to the operating band.3. The method for performing dynamic impedance matching according toclaim 2, wherein a sensitivity of the first element with respect to theoperating band is higher than a sensitivity of the second element withrespect to the operating band.
 4. The method for performing dynamicimpedance matching according to claim 2, further comprising: determiningto start tuning with the first element according to the information ofan operating band and the information of the sensitivity of the firstelement and the second element with respect to the operating band;wherein the step of applying the second number of tuning voltages comesafter the step of applying the first number of tuning voltages.
 5. Themethod for performing dynamic impedance matching according to claim 1,wherein in the step of applying the first number of tuning voltages, thetuning voltages are applied to the first element sequentially at afrequency, and the first number of tuning voltages are different fromeach other.
 6. The method for performing dynamic impedance matchingaccording to claim 1, further comprising: sequentially obtaining acorresponding feedback signal from the impedance matching circuit inresponse to each of the first number of tuning voltages.
 7. The methodfor performing dynamic impedance matching according to claim 1, whereinthe first number is smaller than the second number, a sensitivity of thefirst element with respect to the operating band is lower than asensitivity of the second element with respect to the operating band. 8.A method for performing dynamic impedance matching, comprising:switching an impedance matching circuit of a communication apparatus toan operating band; outputting a first control signal to a first controlterminal of the impedance matching circuit for performing a first numberof times of setting on a first parameter of the first control signal andselecting one from a first number of setting values of the firstparameter to generate an operating signal for the first controlterminal; and outputting a second control signal to a second controlterminal of the impedance matching circuit for performing a secondnumber of times of setting on a second parameter of the second controlsignal and selecting one from a second number of setting values of thesecond parameter to generate an operating signal for the second controlterminal, wherein the first number is different from the second number.9. The method for performing dynamic impedance matching according toclaim 8, wherein the first number is greater than the second number, thesecond control terminal is for controlling a second element of theimpedance matching circuit, the first control terminal is forcontrolling a first element of the impedance matching circuit, the firstelement is a sensitive element of the impedance matching circuit withrespect to the operating band, and the second element is a sub-sensitiveelement of the impedance matching circuit with respect to the operatingband.
 10. The method for performing dynamic impedance matching accordingto claim 9, wherein the sensitivity of the first element with respect tothe operating band is higher than the sensitivity of the second elementwith respect to the operating band.
 11. The method for performingdynamic impedance matching according to claim 8, further comprising:determining to start tuning with a first control terminal of a pluralityof control terminals of the impedance matching circuit according toinformation of an operating band and information of sensitivity of aplurality of adjustable elements of the impedance matching circuit withrespect to the operating band, wherein the control terminals are forcorrespondingly controlling the adjustable elements of the impedancematching circuit; wherein the step of performing the second number oftimes of setting is after the step of performing the first number oftimes of setting.
 12. The method for performing dynamic impedancematching according to claim 8, wherein in the step of performing thefirst number of times of setting, the values are sequentially set at afrequency, and the first number of setting values of the first parameterare different from each other.
 13. The method for performing dynamicimpedance matching according to claim 8, further comprising:sequentially obtaining a corresponding feedback signal from theimpedance matching circuit in response to each of the first number ofsetting values of the first parameter.
 14. The method for performingdynamic impedance matching according to claim 8, wherein the firstcontrol terminal is for controlling a first element, the second controlterminal is for controlling a second element, and a sensitivity of thefirst element with respect to operating band is lower than a sensitivityof the second element with respect to operating band.